An NVCC student celebrates the end of their semester with a…
An NVCC student celebrates the end of their semester with a trip to King’s Dominion, where they choose to ride the Intimidator roller coaster. The first hill of the roller coaster is 93meters tall. If the cart goes over the top of the first hill at 3m/s and we assume there is no air resistance or friction… How fast is the cart going when it reaches the ground (assume the cart goes all the way to the ground. Yes, I have ridden this ride and I know it doesn’t actually do this. Just go with it.)? The cart then goes over another hill that is 25m above the ground. How fast is the cart moving at the top of this second hill? Explain why it wasn’t necessary to know the mass of the cart to do this problem.
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